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Antibiotics are only for suscpetible bacteria.
Antiviral meds, are for susceptible viruses.
Viruses and bacteria are two different things.
"Antibiotic" literally means "against life". Although they replicate inside living cells, viruses are not living things, and thus not affected by antibiotic drugs. If you have a bad cold or flu, and your doctor prescribes antibiotics, change doctors; you're wasting your money.
Although one often hears phrases like "killed virus" vaccine, it means the virus' ability to replicate inside a living cell has been inactivated ("killed") before being injected. But the body still reacts to it as though it were "live", and produces antibodies.
What else can I help you with?
What type of infections can be treated with antibiotics?
Bacteria
What type of illness can be treated with antibiotics?
Only bacterial infections they are not effective for viral infections.
How do bacterial infections and viral infections react to a treatment of antibiotics?
Antibiotics are effective against bacterial infections as they target specific bacterial structures or functions, inhibiting their growth or killing them. However, antibiotics have no effect on viral infections because viruses lack the cellular machinery that antibiotics target. Using antibiotics for viral infections can contribute to antibiotic resistance and is not recommended. Therefore, it's crucial to differentiate between bacterial and viral infections to ensure appropriate treatment.
Why antibiotics could not kill the virus?
Antibiotics are used to fight bacterial infections not viral infections.
Viral infections cannot be treated by?
Antibiotics
What diseases are treated with antibiotics?
Antibiotics are used to treat bacterial infections such as strep throat, urinary tract infections, and bacterial pneumonia. They are not effective against viral infections like the common cold or flu.
Can antibiotics be prescribed by a physician to treat both viral and bacterial infections?
only bacterial
What is the differences between viral and bacterial water-born disease?
The viral water-borne diseases cannot be treated by the antibiotics while the bacterial water-borne diseases can be treated by the antibiotics.
Antibiotics are effective against both bacterial and viral infections?
false
Can antibiotics be used for bacteria or viruses?
Bacteria. Antibiotics kill bacteria. Bacterial pneumonia is treated with antibiotics. Antibiotics have no effect on viruses. There are several different treatments for some kinds of viral pneumonia -- such as pneumonia caused by any kind of influenza virus. Other kinds of viral pneumonia have no known cure.
Why do antibiotics do not help teat viral infections?
Antibiotics treat bacterial infections, they have no affect on viruses. Vaccinations treat viruses.
What types of illnesses do antibiotics cure?
Antibiotics only cure bacterial infections. Antibiotics will not cure a viral infection.
